Seattle City Light has decommissioned thirty electrical substations, in residential neighborhoods from Northgate to Renton. Seattle City Light has proposed to sell the surplus properties to private developers to reduce the utility’s debt.
We see this as a opportunity to create a series of community designed pocket parks with a solar array that can generate electricity for City Light, build Washington’s alternative energy industry, teach about sustainable energy use and house an emergency relief center.
We are currently designing a 31kW Solar Substation Park for the Sunset Hill neighborhood and see this as a prototype for keeping public land in public hands.
